Legal Director, Arctic Wolf
$186-302k
+Equity
Computer and network security
Job no longer available
Computer and network security
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$186-302k
+Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To end Cyber Risk through effective security operations.
Role
Who you are
- J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar
- Seven or more years of relevant legal experience, including substantial privacy and data protection work and meaningful in-house experience at a technology company
- Deep working knowledge of GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and other major global privacy frameworks, plus the emerging AI regulatory landscape
- Demonstrated experience operating a privacy program, not only advising on one, including assessments, records of processing, data subject requests, vendor review, and advising Product and Engineering on privacy by design and technical data flows
- Experience supporting privacy and security incident response, including breach analysis and regulator inquiries
- Strong drafting and negotiation skills covering data processing agreements, standard contractual clauses, and privacy and security terms in commercial contracts
- Excellent business judgment and a risk-based, solutions-oriented approach, with a demonstrated AI-first mindset, comfort with ambiguity, and a strong sense of ownership in a fast-moving environment
- International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) certification such as CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, or CIPT is strongly preferred
- Experience at a cybersecurity, security software, or managed security provider, including security telemetry, log data, and threat intelligence data flows, and channel/MSP data-sharing arrangements
- Experience with public sector customer privacy requirements across state, local, and education markets in the US, Canada, Australia, and Europe is preferred
What the job involves
- Arctic Wolf is seeking an experienced privacy attorney to serve as Director, Privacy and take day-to-day ownership of our global privacy program
- Reporting to the VP of Commercial & Privacy, you will be the hands-on owner of privacy compliance across our channel-led, SaaS-enabled cybersecurity business serving more than 12,000 customers worldwide
- This is a builder role for a pragmatic lawyer who translates evolving global privacy and data protection requirements into scalable processes
- You will partner with Product and Engineering, Security, IT, People, Legal and other organizations to help shape privacy governance
- Own day-to-day operation of the global privacy program, including compliance with GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, other US state privacy laws, and other applicable regimes across the US, Canada, Europe, India and Australia, and monitor new laws and regulatory guidance to stay compliant ahead of effective dates
- Draft, maintain, and improve privacy policies, notices, standards, records of processing, data maps, retention schedules, and internal guidance
- Conduct and document data protection impact assessments, transfer impact assessments, and privacy reviews
- Partner with our product counsel to embed privacy by design into our product development. Partner with Product and Engineering on data minimization, purpose limitation, transparency, access, sharing, and retention, and reviewing technical specifications and data flows with privacy implications
- Serve as a primary privacy contact for security and privacy incidents, working with Security Operations and outside counsel to assess notification obligations and manage regulator and customer inquiries
- Serve as an escalation point for commercial legal and sourcing teams on privacy terms in customer, partner, reseller and vendor agreements, and maintain data processing agreements, subprocessor disclosures, standard contractual clauses, and business associate agreements
- Handle data subject requests, privacy escalations, and customer and prospect privacy diligence, and build playbooks, templates, and training so other teams can move quickly while staying compliant
- Manage outside counsel and privacy tooling vendors, including scope, budget, and quality of work product
Our take
Founded in 2021, Arctic Wolf has emerged as a pivotal player in cybersecurity with its concierge approach to Security Operations as a Service (SOCaaS). Arctic Wolf addresses the challenges of managing diverse cybersecurity systems and combating alert fatigue through its cloud-managed detection and response solutions.
Two of the many challenges facing digital enterprises are: having to manage dozens of different complex cybersecurity systems, and knowing what is actionable and an immediate threat (known as alert fatigue). Arctic Wolf’s platform offers cloud-managed detection and response systems, continual risk management and security awareness, solving both challenges.
Arctic Wolf's platform is now a top choice for organisations seeking streamlined security through unified technology. With 5,200 global organisations onboard, Arctic Wolf sets cybersecurity benchmarks, utilising advanced AI and open-XDR architecture to analyse over 5.23 trillion security events weekly.
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Insights
18% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Oct 2022
$401m
CONVERTIBLE
Jul 2021
$150m
SERIES F
Total funding: $899.2m
Company benefits
- Equity For All Employees: Our salary and benefits packages always include equity, so every employee has a stake in the company’s success
- Pack Unity: We’re on a mission to foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace and to create positive change in and out of the office
- Professional Development: Arctic Wolf mentors and trains its employees to help their career growth, and encourages and supports employee efforts to enhance their skills and competency through coursework and training
- Flexible Paid Time Off: Arctic Wolf believes that employees should have the opportunity to enjoy time away from work on a flexible basis. Employees are given accountability and authority within their job responsibilities, why not with their flexible time off? We encourage diversity and the ability for you to celebrate the days in the year that are important to you
- Family Forming Benefits: Your family is a part of our Pack, which is why in addition to comprehensive health benefits, we provide access to personalized family-forming support for employees exploring fertility health, those pursuing parenthood, those already pregnant, and other family related benefits
- Volunteer Time Off: As we seek to End Cyber Risk, we also seek to give back to the communities around us, so the world is a safer and better place for all to thrive. All pack members have 3 days of volunteer time off (VTO) to use to give back to their communities in a way that is meaningful to them
Company HQ
Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Leadership
Nick Schneider
(President & CEO)Joined Arctic Wolf in 2016 as the Head of Worldwide Sales and worked their way through the roles to become CEO in 2021. Previously the vice-president of sales for Code42.
Brian NeSmith
(Founder)Previously the president and CEO of Blue Coat Systems, Inc.
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